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BACH, IN THE FUGUES AND PRELUDES, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Contentedly with strictest [or rigorous] strands confined
Last Line: Or roll against the stars their rock-bound song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); Composers; Music & Musicians; Science; Scientists


Contentedly with strictest strands confined,
Sports in the sun that oceanic mind:
To leap their bourn these waves did never long,
Or roll against the stars their rock-bound song.





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